Artist, Gareth Halliday talks us through his collaboration with Noel Gallagher to create the artwork for 2020’s Blue Moon Rising, evolving from his creative for High Flying Birds’ earlier releases.
Halliday explains, “Blue Moon Rising was the third E.P released between March 2019 and March 2020. The cover artwork for all three was created very much with a collaborative spirit between Noel and I. Noel would send me the demo and lyrics and we’d bounce ideas back and forth. The leftfield and more electronic feel to the title tracks were definitely inspiring in terms of what direction the visual direction could go. I tried to create a visual world for the music, much like the way we created the artwork for the album Who Built the Moon? in 2017.
“For the Blue Moon Rising E.P I was first asked to create an additional artwork for the 2nd track Wandering Star. The key subject Noel wanted to include here was a hot air balloon. We finally came up with an artwork which was used for the digital release and as a limited edition picture disc. It was the skyline in this work which led on to the narrative for Blue Moon Rising”.
“Noel had already decided on the central figure so I had quite a defined frame to work within. I remember we came up with the idea that the figure should be larger than life, a giant. So I guess the final work is an interpretation of the figure rising up through these skyscrapers, almost reaching up into the ether. Which for me is perhaps symbolic narrative around escapism, and the power music can have, particularly the vibe of this track, the euphoria that club culture and electronic music can have.
The creative process really fascinates me in respect that some artworks can take what feels like forever to get anywhere near to the final piece, and others, occasionally just flow really well and take no time at all. The Wandering Star image took 3-4 weeks and Blue Moon Rising about a week. The foreground is created from vintage kodachrome photos, collaged to create a new image of a skyline. Gala Gordon is the model in the middle ground. Photography by David Newton”.
“The background sky is one of my photographs. Over the years I’ve become obsessed with taking photos of the sky and clouds during my day job as a postman. It’s good to look up every now and then”.
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